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| Afternoon walk on the Fastrak Path |
The weather was very pleasant this afternoon for this time of year. The temperature was in the 40s but the wind was calm; mostly overcast but still bright. I thought it would be healthy to get out for some fresh air, exercise, and daylight.
Along the path there is a wetlands. My camera was not able to capture the spectacular lighting on the reeds (see pictures above and below). While I walked I was able to call my mom and a few minutes after that call, my sister Susan called me. So I was not alone during my walk. I came across a handful of other people also enjoying the trail.
Everything looked monochrome, stark, and barren...like the shelves in the grocery stores.
On the way home, I popped over to our local grocery store to get a few things and to see if they had restocked from earlier. No produce or any sign of bottled water (of any container size), paper products (T-paper, kleenex, paper towel), bleach, soap, pasta & sauce. Even the frozen food section was barren.
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| This aisle should have held all the bottled water. |
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This aisle should have held the paper towels and other paper products.
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| The frozen food coolers were nearly empty. |
Continuing towards home, I stopped at our local Dollar store to see if they had any of these scarce items but their shelves were also barren.
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| Just a few rolls of paper towel but no toilet paper. |
The last time I encountered stores this barren was when I lived at the shore and a hurricane was headed our way. The empty shelves today are a bit disconcerting because there is not hurricane, or earthquake, or snowstorm.
I'm hoping that the panic will calm down in a few days when the shelves are restocked.
Written Sunday 22 March 2020.
